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+'@backstage/backend-plugin-api': patch
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+
+Added `createSharedEnvironment` for creating a shared environment containing commonly used services in a split backend setup of the backend.
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+'@backstage/backend-defaults': patch
+---
+
+Added support to supply a shared environment to `createBackend`, which can be created using `createSharedEnvironment` from `@backstage/backend-plugin-api`.